Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Sweet Pea ‘Flying the Flag’
This impressive collection comprises three specially selected heirloom (Grandiflora) varieties for their patriotic colours and superb fragrance. These colourful small flowered types make a bright display of national pride trained against fences or over obelisks in flower borders. Height: 180cm (71). Spread: 30cm (12)Collection comprises: Sweet Pea ‘Queen Alexandria’ – Red, Sweet Pea ‘Dorothy Eckford’
Chinese Radish ‘Dragon’ F1 Hybrid
Quicker maturing and with a slightly milder taste than Radish ‘China Rose’. Earliest sowings of Radish ‘Dragon’ are ready in 50 days whilst later sowings provide delicious ‘winter radishes’. Fully winter hardy, producing smooth, pinky-red skinned roots that are superb sliced in salads and stir fries. Height and spread: 15cm (6).
Calendula officinalis nana ‘Candyman Yellow’
The longest flowering and best double pot marigold that we have grown on our trial grounds! Sturdy, dwarf, multi-branching plants produce large, luminous blooms, to brighten summer borders and containers. The daisy-like flowers of Calendula ‘Candyman Yellow’ are excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Quick and easy
Tomato ‘Cherry Cascade’
Basket/ ContainerPossibly the world’s most prolific cascading cherry tomato rewarding you with a massive number of sweet and juicy currant sized fruits throughout the summer. Tomato ‘Cherry Cascade’ is ideal for growing in a hanging basket or container and requires no sideshooting or training. Grow some outside your kitchen window for a convenient supply of
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Double All Sorts Mixed’
This wonderful mixture contains a full range of flower forms and colours and includes much-sought-after picotees and stripes. An easy-to-grow annual which will flower all summer and its height means that it will make a superb backdrop to your borders or a long-lasting and pretty addition to flower arrangements! Height: 100-120cm (40-48in)
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Double Click Rose Bonbon’
Following the amazing success of Double Click Mixed, this is the first straightcoloured, high-quality, fully-double Cosmos from seed to be introduced! The spectacular, rose pom-pom flowers sit proudly on top of strong stems, making Double Click Rose Bonbon a ‘mustfor adding height to summer borders and an imposing and rarely-seen cut flower. Height: 60-90cm (2-3
Broccoli ‘Summer Purple’ (Purple Sprouting)
British breeding especially for summer cropping as needs no vernalisation (winter chill) to produce tasty purple spears. Robust plants will produce high yields if picked regularly to promote fresh flushes of spears. Broccoli Summer Purple has good heat tolerance. Crops from July to November if sown at regular intervals
Californian Poppy ‘Jelly Beans’
Fully double blooms in a vibrant colour range glisten above a mass of feathery blue-green foliage. These dainty hardy annuals are tougher than they appear and positively thrive on poor, dry soils. The papery flowers attract bees and hoverflies, and make excellent, if short-lived, cut flowers. California poppies are easy to grow in beds and
Lathyrus tingitanus ‘Rosea’
A visually-striking annual Lathyrus species that is just as easy-to-grow as traditional Sweet Peas. Vigorous, climbing plants produce masses of coral-rose pink flowers which will quickly cover fences, trellis or archways throughout the summer. Rosea will also make a long-lasting and spectacular cut flower. Climbing to 18-2m (72-80in)
Foxglove ‘Candy Mountain’
Foxglove Candy Mountain is totally unique as it is the first upward facing foxglove from seed. This unusual characteristic enables you, and the bees, to peep inside the stunning rose pink blooms and view their delightful freckled throats, which appear all the way around the stems. These flower stems are so strong, sturdy and erect
Nasturtium ‘Princess of India’
A stunning dwarf selection of the ever popular Empress of India. Compact bushy plants have attractive small dark foliage and a mass of deep red flowers that sit neatly above the bronze foliage. Easy to grow, and will create a free-flowering summer display in borders or containers. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in).
Sweet Pea ‘Elegant Ladies’
This classic selection comprises small flowered heirloom (Grandiflora) types, many dating back to the 16th century. Specially selected for their pastel shades and powerful fragrance, Sweet Pea ‘Elegant Ladies’ will add a touch of style to your summer garden and makes a delightful cut flower too. Height: 180cm (71) Spread: 30cm (12)
Viola x williamsiana ‘Sweeties’
The best ever dwarf Viola for containers! A unique mixture of small, attractive bicoloured flowers resembling tiny sweets. Compact plants are smothered in masses of flowers over a very long period, making it ideal for summer or winter flowering bedding displays.
Easy Annuals ‘Fairy Mixed’
A delightful mixture of dwarf annuals adding a touch of grace to borders. This wide range of varieties has been selected to flower gradually, giving your borders an ever-changing, magical appearance throughout the summer. Perfect border filler; sow seed in drifts. Height range 5-45cm (2-18in) Subject to availability, packet contains mix of the following: Agrostis
Calendula officinalis ‘Candyman Orange’
The longest flowering and best double pot marigold that we have grown on our trial grounds! Sturdy, dwarf, multi-branching plants produce large, luminous blooms, to brighten summer borders and containers. The daisy-like flowers of Calendula ‘Candyman Orange’ are excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Quick and easy
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Antiquity’
A completely unique colour in Cosmos. Flowers are rich burgundy on opening and change to an antique bronze-salmon when ageing creating an attractive, two-toned effect. Very early flowering and floriferous all summer. Excellent for borders or containers
Eryngium leavenworthii
An attractive annual originating from the North American prairies. This species has the unusual characteristic unlike other Eryngiums, to flower quickly from seed in the first year. Each plant will produce spectacular spiky glaucus foliage which changes to a rich purple colour on the cones and bracts, followed by reddish-purple tinge in the autumn. Ideal
Californian Poppy ‘Fruit Crush’
A captivating mixture of upward facing blooms in a bold blend of citrus and berry shades. These dainty hardy annuals are tougher than they appear and positively thrive on poor, dry soils. The papery flowers attract bees and hoverflies, and make excellent, if short-lived, cut flowers. California poppies are easy to grow in beds and
Scabious ‘Oxford Blue’
An easy to grow annual, producing tall stems covered in masses of stunning, mid-blue, pin cushion flowers. A classic cottage garden plant, ideal for cutting and loved by bees and butterflies. Beautiful plants for the cottage border
Poppy ‘Ooh La La’
Once you see these exquisite, large 7-10cm (3-4in) fully double flower heads you will stand in astonishment at their outstanding range of bright clear colours as they stand proudly above glaucus green foliage. Easy to grow, ideal sown in drifts, adding colour and height to annual borders followed by large attractive seed heads.
